Boys Basketball: Upper Dublin overtakes Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield was looking to close their home schedule out with a win on senior night against Upper Dublin in the two teams last meeting. The Cardinals and Andrew Garber had other plans. Upper Dublin ruined the Spartans senior night winning 56-41.

“I wish we could have won,” Springfield coach Dave Turetzky said. “To win on senior night for these guys would be great.”

The biggest factor in the game was Upper Dublin’s do-it-all guy Andrew Carber. Carber might want to play the number 22 in a Super Bowl pool or the lottery, not only is it the number he dons on his jersey its also the amount of points he has scored against Springfield in both match-ups this year.

“His performance was great,” Upper Dublin coach Josh Adelman said. “He’s a different player when he decides to take the ball strong.”

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Carber offensively controlled the game getting baskets inside, hitting from outside with three, three-pointers, and hitting free throws. Carber also threw down a big dunk in the second quarter when he was on the receiving end of a ‘sportscenter’ type alley-oop.

“The kid’s a player, he’s 6’9, can step outside knock down the three, handles the ball pretty well and on the inside he can finish,” Turetzky said.

While Carber was scoring Zach Greenberg was doing the dirty work. Greenberg only scored two points for the game but his consistent rebounding and tenacious defense proved dividends for the Cardinals.

“I thought (Greenberg’s) hustle tonight was contagious,” Adelman said. “It seemed like every time the ball was on the ground would get it, any time the ball was batted up would get it.”

Missing open shots and shots close to the basket was a problem for the Spartans through out the contest. It lead to them getting in a hole early and continued. Springfield managed only six field goals in the entire second half.

“We just (have to) make shots. We get ourselves good looks and we just can’t knock them down,” Turetzky said.

The final score of the ball game suggests an easy win for the visiting Cardinals, however it was not all-smooth sailing. Upper Dublin perhaps because they were playing with a lead the entire game became a bit lax and suffered from turnovers and missed free throws.

“The blocked shots, the diving for loose balls, that type of effort, that was there I just didn’t like the execution on the offensive end. But we did enough to win tonight,” Adelman said.